Teaching the Manhattan Project

Autor/in	Schibuk, Elizabeth
Titel	Teaching the Manhattan Project
Quelle	In: Science Teacher, 82 (2015) 7, S.27-33 (7 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-8555
Schlagwörter	Science Instruction; Secondary School Science; High Schools; Chemistry; Physics; Nuclear Energy; Interdisciplinary Approach; War; Teaching Methods; Scientific Concepts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; High school; Oberschule; Chemie; Physik; Atomenergie; Kernenergie; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Krieg; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode
Abstract	This article describes a nuclear chemistry unit on the Manhattan Project, a research effort that led to the development of the world's first nuclear weapons during World War II. The unit is appropriate for an introductory high school chemistry or physics course and takes from four to six weeks. The unit poses this essential question: "Over the past 300 years, how have discoveries in science led to the development of nuclear energy and bombs?" Addressing this question, students synthesize knowledge of nuclear chemistry, learn how the scientific community came to construct and understand this knowledge, and understand how this knowledge has transformed society. Students learn and practice writing nuclear decay reactions and build toward a conceptual understanding of the pertinent "Next Generation Science Standards" (NGSS Lead States 2013) performance expectations. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01